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  1. i can't answer the question of who was hated more, that would mean i could read minds. but by observation i can tell you that the displays of hate for bush are more vulgar and more prevalent .... by orders of magnitude.

     

     

  2. was the rabid hatred of liberals for bush any different from the rapid hatred of conservatives for clinton?

     

    i was living in texas during the clinton years and here in seattle during the bush years... absolutely no comparison.

  3. btw - your poll is flawed...

     

    it could be that those who hate bush but are not convinced of his guilt do not want there to be an investigation ...just in case it comes out clean - and they would vote 'no'

     

    just as it could be there are those that believe that bush is innocent and want the left to let it go...they might vote yes.

     

    ie - i think you meant for your poll to say "do you hope bush gets convicted of high crimes".

     

     

  4. i don't know how long it lasted or is lasting, but in oct - there was a bithin display of climbing and bigwalling history in the museum in yosemite. it was/is amazing to watch some of the old video footage and interviews. these guys were truley going into no-man's land, having no idea if they were going to make it back.

     

    (btw - don't google "hard men"...fyi)

  5. Trip: Utah - Fisher Towers: Kingfisher - Colorado Route

     

    Date: 4/4/2008

     

    Trip Report:

    So lazy saturday and the weather's changing - here's some desert stoke from earlier this year. Just a quick photo-TR.

     

    I was living in Salt Lake City earlier this year and I wanted to see the desert towers. I also wanted to see what it took to solo a 'wall'. This was my first time to solo anything beyond just short fixing pitches. The climbing was a lot of rivets and drilled angles but mixed in there was some 5.8 free climbing and some C2 sandstone aid. I think it was about 5 or 6 pitches (grade IV) and leads to a beautiful flat summit overlooking the desert. I managed to get back to the car and not need a headlamp w00t!

     

    Early morning start, but not too early. Kingfisher is on the left

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    The start: bolt ladder to 5.8 chimney

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    Looking up at the 1st chimney...will it be as muddy and bad as 'they' say...???

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    Nah... not so bad. and there's actually some, errr, gear.

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    whew... out of the chimney and cleaning p2

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    Combining pitches is fastarrrr...

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    "...i can see my car from here....

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    the last anchor before the last chimney pitch(a keen eye will be able to see how i almost fq'ed myself here...)

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    i'm stuck... really i was for a while, so i took a picture

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    free and on top

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    the titan looks bitchin!!

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    the trail

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    back at the car

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    Gear Notes:

    you can pretty much do this w/ a single set of camalots, offset aliens, and rivet hangers.

     

    Approach Notes:

    RAD!

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